seteng

Malay

Etymology

Apocopic form of setengah (“half”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈtəŋ/ [səˈt̪əŋ]
  • Hyphenation: se‧teng

Noun

seteng (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) alternative form of setengah

Derived terms

Compounds
  • bahasa seteng (“a cant used by the transgender community”)

References

  • Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Malay youth language in West Malaysia”, in NUSA‎[1], volume 58, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 26 April 2025, page 30
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